What’s New in the Library, Fall 2017

Online Resources iE:23 Aiming for perfection: The Zero Suicide movement More and more health care systems, both in North America and Europe, are adopting the Zero Suicide approach and finding success. This editorial examines this movement which, by improving patient care and changing attitudes toward suicide, aims to eliminate suicide altogether. Books Among the Walking […]

What’s New in the Library, Summer 2017

Online Resources  An open letter to my fellow “southern” Canadians This special feature was written in honour of National Aboriginal Day, 2017. It is an information piece about the Inuit in Canada meant for a mainstream Canadian audience. The workplace and suicide prevention This resource toolkit is a collection of facts, figures & best preventative […]

What’s New in the Library, Spring 2017

Books Explaining suicide: Patterns, motivations and what notes reveal by Cheryl Meyer, Taronish Irani, Katherine Hermes & Betty Yung. Academic Press. (2017). 262 p. Suicide is a complex phenomenon. Suicide notes are invaluable as qualitative data for researchers to examine these complexities. Suicide notes are also among the most important of personal documents that researchers […]

Here at CSP we’re always adding new materials to our exclusively suicide-related library! This summer we’ve added two free online resources about aboriginal suicide prevention. We’ve also acquired books on teen suicide risk, student distress and cognitive behavioural prevention of suicide. Two DVDs were added including one on athletes and depression and teen suicide bereavement. […]